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What Egyptian Regime Change May Mean for Regional Energy Cooperation

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Jordan’s Envoy in Washington Outlines Environmental Priorities

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Arab States Buy up Vast Tracts of African Farmland as Food Prices Skyrocket

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Greenpeace Activists In Jerusalem Protest Plans To Build Coal-Fired Power Plant

No it's not Spiderman and friends, just green activists trying to call attention to the environmental impact of coal-burning power plants. Greenpeace went to great...

Clinton Lauds Masdar’s Renewable Energy Efforts, Is ‘Betting On The UAE’

Clinton's visit came one week before Abu Dhabi hosts its annual World Future Energy Summit. Green Prophet has presented a number of negative assessments of...

Israeli Green Police to Receive More Arrest Powers

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Dubai’s Conservation Incentive: Higher Energy And Water Bills

With an extra 15% added to electricity and water bills, Dubai's residents are bound to cut back their consumption. And that is a good...

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

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The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

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